Our pick of the strange but true stories from around the world.
Golf course christened with hole-in-one
An 11-year-old golfer has stunned Tiger Woods at the opening of a new junior golf course by hitting the first shot straight into the hole. The legendary golfer designed The Playground, near Houston, in Texas, as a means of getting more juniors into the sport – among them young Taylor Crozier, who earned a hug from Woods for his inaugural hole-in-one.
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Bird poo shuts nuclear reactor
A critical shutdown of the Indian Point nuclear reactor, just outside New York, has been blamed on bird droppings. Experts say a build-up of excrement led to an electrical arc between wires in a transmission tower and triggered the outage.
Benedict "Cumberbunny" goes on sale
UK-based chocolatier Jen Lindsey-Clark has developed a sweet treat for fans of actor Benedict Cumberbatch – a chocolate rabbit bearing a likeness of the Sherlock star's face, complete with bunny ears. The Chocolate Cumberbunny is priced at £50, but there's an even more expensive limited-edition white chocolate version, which sports an edible 22-carat gold bow tie.
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August 16 editorial cartoonsCartoons Saturday’s political cartoons include football season anticipation, and Donald Trump angling for Putin's autograph
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5 hilariously cold cartoons about the Alaska summitCartoons Artists take on the Alaskan totem pole, a peace flag, and more
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Journalists killed in Gaza: a chilling assaultIn the Spotlight Anas al-Sharif and three of his Al Jazeera colleagues were targeted by the IDF
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Home Office worker accused of spiking mistress’s drink with abortion drugSpeed Read Darren Burke had failed to convince his girlfriend to terminate pregnancy
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In hock to Moscow: exploring Germany’s woeful energy policySpeed Read Don’t expect Berlin to wean itself off Russian gas any time soon
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Were Covid restrictions dropped too soon?Speed Read ‘Living with Covid’ is already proving problematic – just look at the travel chaos this week
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Inclusive Britain: a new strategy for tackling racism in the UKSpeed Read Government has revealed action plan setting out 74 steps that ministers will take
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Sandy Hook families vs. Remington: a small victory over the gunmakersSpeed Read Last week the families settled a lawsuit for $73m against the manufacturer
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Farmers vs. walkers: the battle over ‘Britain’s green and pleasant land’Speed Read Updated Countryside Code tells farmers: ‘be nice, say hello, share the space’
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Motherhood: why are we putting it off?Speed Read Stats show around 50% of women in England and Wales now don’t have children by 30
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Anti-Semitism in America: a case of double standards?Speed Read Officials were strikingly reluctant to link Texas synagogue attack to anti-Semitism
